Cape Main
Cape Main is a small cape situated 5 nautical miles north of Cape Anne, along the east side of Coulman Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1966 for Brian Main, a scientific technician at Hallett Station, 1962–63.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Cape
- Description: headland of Antarctica
- Also known as: “Main, Cape”
Cape Main
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-73.55° or 73° 33′ south
Longitude
169.9° or 169° 54′ east
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
Named after
Brian Main
Open location code
2VRFFV2X+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Main” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Main”
- Chinese: “梅恩角”
- Dutch: “Main”
- German: “Kap Main”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Main”
- Swedish: “Main”
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